Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection
Citation
Grant S, Webbink K, Keogh S (2025). Field Museum of Natural History (Zoology) Invertebrate Collection. Version 18.49. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6q5vuc accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-10-13.Description
Established in 1938, the Division of Invertebrates is in charge of all invertebrate groups except insects and other non-marine arthropods. The first curator of this Division was Fritz Haas, formerly of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. Haas (1938 - 1969) and his successor Alan Solem (1957 - 1990) built massive mollusk collections, particularly strong in unionid bivalves and terrestrial snails, reflecting their respective research interests. Current curators Rüdiger Bieler (1990 -) and Janet Voight (1990 -) focus their research and collection-building on marine molluscan groups. The varied curatorial research interests, the collecting efforts of past and present collections managers (e.g., John Slapcinsky and Jochen Gerber), and acquisitions of private collections and "orphan collections"
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Sharon Grantoriginator
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
Kate Webbink
originator
position: Information Specialist
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Sean Keogh
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
email: skeogh@fieldmuseum.org
Sharon Grant
administrative point of contact
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org